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YENISEIAN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The Uralic language spoken by the Yeniseian

Synonyms:

Enets; Entsi; Entsy; Yenisei; Yenisei-Samoyed; Yeniseian

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Yeniseian" is a kind of...):

Samoyed; Samoyedic (the Uralic languages spoken by the Samoyed in northwestern Siberia)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A member of one of the groups living in the Yenisei river valley in western Siberia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Yeniseian" is a kind of...):

Russian (a native or inhabitant of Russia)

Holonyms ("Yeniseian" is a member of...):

Siberia (a vast Asian region of Russia; famous for long cold winters)

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